THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON. ' DECEMBER 27; 1929 ;
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New Values for the ' New Year
We have resolved that during 1930 we will do our best to
help you reduce your grocery budget by offering even finer
foods at better values. We list some typical New Year
. values here.
SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY AND MONDAY
'We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities
Red & White Jell Desert
Quick to Make
3 for 23c
Serv-Us Shaker Salt
Iodized or Plain
2 for 17c
Matches
Blue & White, 6 Box Cartons
2 Cartons for 39c
Cherry Layer Cake
65 Cent Value
49c
Crystal White Soap
A Soap Standard
10 Bars for 39c
- Serv-Us Coffee "
The Same High Grade at a New Low Price
40c
Thompson's Choclate Malted Milk
Serve It Hot to The Kiddies
49c
Clorox
Cleans and Whitens Easy on the Hands
2 for 39c
'-. ' Cream of Wheat
- The Delicious Breakfast Food They all Like
rackage 25c
Serv-Us Tomato Soup
The Real Tomato Soup
3 for 25c
Toilet Paper
1000 Sheet Tissue
3 Rolls 23c
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ATHENA GARAGE
Athena, Oregon
t
mmy Christmas
Corporation.
by '
WJIIlATO L.GAlt0tVv
AMMT Uvea In the trough.
The trough was a low flat
lying between two hills In
the river section of a big
city. The houses were eld
and unpointed, Poverty of
i Mtm 01 6'raaes nad "fddied in
AwH" the trough for the last
half-century. Christmas came regu
larly to 'the homes on the higher
ground, but In the trough all days were
alike. - .
Sammy as errand boy In a down
town office, and It required all of his
512 per week to pay the rent for two
Email rooms and buy plain food for
his invalid toother, himself and two
little Bisters. The clerks In the office
were beginning to talk about Christ
mas. Sammy had never seen but one
Christmas tree but he believed In
Santa Claus. He wanted a Christmas
for his mother and sisters, but Christ
mas was not for the poor. He tried
to imagine what It would be like if
Santa Claus came to the trough and
brought Christmas to everybody.
To Mr. Munson, a kindly young
clerk In the office, he confided his wish
for a Christmas in the trough. "Why
don't you organize a Christmas cor
poration and put on a Christmas of
your own?" responded Mr. Munson.
Ha went on to explain a co-op"ratIve
company could be organized and
shares sold and a Christmas given to
tho trough with the money. You
could be president. I will buy a few.
shares. And I know
a rich lady, a Mrs.
Bennett, who will
be here this. after
noon, and I will
ask her to be gen
eral . manager . of
your corporation.
The young man
went to his desk,
took out a corpor
ation blank and
filled It out In reg-
i ulur form for a
co-operative c o r
poration. He gave
It the name of
"The Sammy
Christmas Corpo
ration," and fixed
the capital stock
at $2,000, to be
subscribed at $1
per share. Sammy
was named as
president, and Mr. Munson one of the
directors.
Mrs. Bennett came during the after
noon, and after she had talked a few
moments to Mr. Munson, Sammy was
called over to the clerk's desk. Mr.
Munson explained the proposition and
all the details. Sammy was In the
seventh heaven of delight when Mrs.
Bennett consented to become manager
and subscribed for fifty shares of
stock. Mrs. Bennett said she knew
the superintendent of the Mission Sun
day school In the trough and she
would ask her to take charge of the
tree. Sammy told her about his home,
hte mother and little sisters, and some
thing about the children In the trough. j
Two newspaper reporters came in
and were told abott the corporation
and the proposed Christmas for the
the poor. Cameras clicked, and In the
morning papers big headlines told the
story. There was a picture of Pres
ident Sammy. The article played up
the story of poverty and made a plea
for help. It told what was needed to
make the tree a success, and pointed
out that the nama; of Mrs. Bennett
guaranteed the integrity of the cor
poration. Sammy's employer called him Into
the private office and asked about the
trough, about his corporation and his
own family. He also subscribed, for
twenty-five shares In the corporation.
The malls commenced bringing letters
with, c h e c k s f or
shares. President
Sammy became
popular in the of
fice. .
A survey of the,
trough ..population:
was made and ap
peals were made '
In the big papers.
The uptown mer
chants sent dona,
tlons of candy and
nuts. Great quan
tities of toys were
sent by charitable
people and mer
chants. With she
cash contributed
the mission work
er bought shoes
and warm stock
ings, suits for
boys, dresses for
girls, and there
was food, also orders for coal for the
sick and the widows who lived there
with families. . :
A tree was put up In a great vacant
room and everybody in the trough
turned out The place had never seen
such a Christmas before. There was
candy and toys, besides clothing, for
all the children. Nobody was forgot
ten. The old people were made hap
py. Little gifts were sent to the
homes of those who were sick and not
able to be present .
President Sammy was the happiest
of them all. His mother was there in
a new wheel chair, his little sisters
received new dresses, toys find dolls.
Somebody put a suit of clothes and
a warm overcoat on the tree for the
president of the Sammy Christmas
corporation. Addressed to Sammy
was a card from his employer wish
ing him a Merry Christmas and say
ing that his salary had been raised ?5
per week.
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It. SAMPSON had not no
ticed that silence had fall
en In the outer offise. The
clatter of .typewriters was
stilled; the hum of activ
ity had ceased.
Deferentially - his door
. v ' was opened, and Jones, the
head clerk, entered.
"I Just thought I'd drop in and say
'Merry Christmas,' Mr. Sampson. To
morrow's Christmas, you know."
"So it is, Jones, but I don't see any
thing to be merry about People buy
ing things they can't aiford, and eat
ing more than they ican digest Isn't
it so?" ' . ' ; . , f .
Jones hesitated. Mr. Sampson was
a man of strong opinion
"Well, t?t If I'm wrong-
show meT
"I think you are wrong, sir, If I
may say so. If you'd a little flock
of kiddies you'd see
It differently,"
."But I haven't
and that doesn't
convince mo."
. "You see," tho
head clerk went on,
emboldened, "to be
happy, - any day,
you have to think
about other , peo
ple, and that Just
comes natural at
Christmas." ;
Mr. Sampson was
silent for some mo
ments, while he
gazed through the
window at the dusk
settling over the
city. When he spoke the crlsD-
nbss of his voice Was mellowed.
"To be happy I have to avoid think
ing of other people," he said.
Jones felt himself dismissed, and
silently withdrew. He knew some
thing of his chief's unhappy love af
fair, which had left him worse than a
widower, and had turned all his great
ability toward making money, a pur
suit in which he had been particu
larly successful. But from happiness
he seemed to be permanently divorced.
At the door of the office building an
hour later Mr. Sampson was con
fronted by an urchin with the chal
lenge "Buy a paper, sir?"' Ordi
narily he would have Ignored the
child, but Jones' injunction, 'You have
to think of other people,' was Insistent
In his ears. He bought a paper, and,
on an impulse, questioned the lad.
"Had your supper?"
"No, sir. I don't get supper 'til I
get my papers sold."
"How would you like to come and
have supper with me?"
The boy looked his surprise. "You
mean It?"
"Yes, I mean it Come along."
But the boy demurred. "Can't go
til I sell my papers. This Is the best
hour, and I got to keep busy." He
made a deft sale to a passer-by with
out interrupting the conversation.
"How many papers have you left"
"Twenty."
Mr, Sampson counted out forty
cents. "I'll buy them all. Now we
can go to supper."
He led the puzzled boy across the
street His first thought was his club.
but he changed his mind and turned
Into a cheap but wholesome restau
rant Here he ordered a meal and
they ate- together. ' Once convinced
that there was no trick about It the
boy attacked his food with gusto,
while his -host looked on with nwre
enjoyment than he had experienced
for many a day. By Judicious ques
tioning he learned that the boy's
name, like his own, was George; he
lived upstairs at 13 Garrett street; he
had a father and mother, an older
sister, and a younger brother. , f
He ventured a more delicate ques
tion: "Does Santa Claus come to your
house, George?" .
"He used to, but dad's been out of
work for a long while," ho boy re-
plied, wistfully.
"And the baby's
sick, - so mother
can't go out to
work, and it takes
all Jean and me
and I can earn
Just to keep things
. frnlnc "
does," ' snld Mr.
Sampson. "Well, I
must get along
now. You can go
home early to
night"
He parted with
the boy, hot imme
diately went to a
telephone. "Hello,
Morgan? Frank, 1
want you to run out at once to 18
Garrett street, npatalrs. There's a
sick child there. Take him to a hos
pital, see that he has everything he
needs, and send the bill to me."
"Ill run right out," said the doc
tor. "Merry Christmas, George."
"Merry Christmas, Frank lA Mr.
Sampson replied. And, as he hung
up the receiver, he wondered at the
new ring in bis voice.
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